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FBackup User Manual Copyright © 2021 Softland FBackup User Manual for FBackup version 9 by Softland This documentation contains proprietary information of Softland. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recoding, or otherwise, without permission from Softland. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, Softland assumes no responsibility for errors and omissions. Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the information contained herein. Windows ® is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. All other products or company names in this document are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners. Contents 3 Table of Contents Part I Introduction 7 1 Product Description................................................................................................................................... 7 2 System Requirements................................................................................................................................... 8 Part II Getting Started 10 1 How to Configure................................................................................................................................... a New Backup 10 2 How to Run................................................................................................................................... a Backup Job 15 3 How to Manage................................................................................................................................... Backup Jobs 16 4 How to Restore................................................................................................................................... from a Backup 16 5 How to Test................................................................................................................................... a Backup 17 6 How to Password................................................................................................................................... Protect a Backup 19 7 How to Schedule................................................................................................................................... a Backup 20 8 How to Backup................................................................................................................................... to Google Drive 21 9 How to Backup................................................................................................................................... to Dropbox 22 10 How to Backup................................................................................................................................... to USB or Firewire drives 24 Part III Backup Types 27 1 Backup Types................................................................................................................................... 27 Part IV Backup to CD, DVD or Blu-ray 29 1 Backup to CD,................................................................................................................................... DVD or Blu-ray 29 2 Writing to CD,................................................................................................................................... DVD or Blu-ray disc 29 Part V Main Window 32 1 Getting Started................................................................................................................................... 32 2 Jobs View ................................................................................................................................... 33 Jobs List .......................................................................................................................................................... 33 Create Shortcut .......................................................................................................................................................... 34 Open backup .......................................................................................................................................................... 36 Test .......................................................................................................................................................... 40 3 File ................................................................................................................................... 43 Commands .......................................................................................................................................................... 43 Erase CD/DVD/Blu-ray.......................................................................................................................................................... 48 Plugins .......................................................................................................................................................... 49 Check for updates.......................................................................................................................................................... 51 Keyboard Shortcuts.......................................................................................................................................................... 51 Part VI New Backup Wizard 54 1 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 54 FBackup 9 User Manual Copyright © 2021 Softland 3 4 FBackup 9 2 Destination................................................................................................................................... - Where do you want to save your backup? 54 Local hard drive .......................................................................................................................................................... 54 External hard drive.......................................................................................................................................................... 55 CD, DVD or Blu-ray.......................................................................................................................................................... 56 Removable .......................................................................................................................................................... 57 Network drives .......................................................................................................................................................... 58 Network .......................................................................................................................................................... 59 Online .......................................................................................................................................................... 60 Google Drive ......................................................................................................................................................... 60 Dropbox ......................................................................................................................................................... 62 3 Sources - What................................................................................................................................... do you want to backup? 63 4 Filters - Filter................................................................................................................................... the backup sources 65 5 Type - How................................................................................................................................... do you want to backup? 66 6 Scheduler -................................................................................................................................... When do you want to backup? 67 7 Job - Personalize................................................................................................................................... your backup job 68 Part VII Backup Properties 71 1 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 71 2 General ................................................................................................................................... 71 3 Destination................................................................................................................................... 73 Local hard drive .......................................................................................................................................................... 74 External hard drive.......................................................................................................................................................... 75 Optical .......................................................................................................................................................... 76 Removable .......................................................................................................................................................... 77 Network .........................................................................................................................................................